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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 9, 2002Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2002, 12:02 AM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2002, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ward County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 12:50 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EMinot, NDNumerous shingles off roofs and wall of barn blown over.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2002-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2002-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 090502
SVRBIS
NDC101-090600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1200 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINOT

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT...
  NEAR RYDER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MINOT AT 1250 AM CDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
VERY LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4787 10170 4787 10101 4843 10110 4841 10177

JP MARTIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley60 min
Jun 8, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley57 min
Jun 8, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings56 min
Jun 8, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley3 hr
Jun 8, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman52 min
Jun 8, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton54 min
Jun 8, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Slope62 min
Jun 8, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Stark58 min
Jun 8, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Wells52 min
Jun 9, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope54 min
Jun 9, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean52 min
Jun 9, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Oliver66 min
Jun 9, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster59 min
Jun 9, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Sheridan57 min
Jun 9, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Hettinger65 min
Jun 9, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan, Wells66 min
Jun 9, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.